Preface

This document describes the Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK). It provides detailed information about various language components, including Extensible Markup Language (XML), Java, C, and C++.

Topics:

• Audience
  This document is for application developers who use the language components of the XDK to generate and store XML data in either a database or a document outside the database. Examples and sample applications are provided where possible. This document assumes familiarity with XML and either Java, C, or C++.
• Documentation Accessibility
  
• Related Documents
  Oracle resources that are related to this document are listed.
• Examples
  Many examples in this document use the Oracle Database sample database schemas or are otherwise provided with your software.
• Conventions
  The text conventions that are used in this document are described.

Audience

This document is for application developers who use the language components of the XDK to generate and store XML data in either a database or a document outside the database. Examples and sample applications are provided where possible. This document assumes familiarity with XML and either Java, C, or C++.

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

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Related Documents

Oracle resources that are related to this document are listed.

For more information, see these resources:

• Oracle XML DB Developer’s Guide

• Oracle Database XML C API Reference

• Oracle Database XML C++ API Reference

• Oracle Database XML Java API Reference

• Oracle Database Advanced Queuing User's Guide

• XDK on Oracle Technology Network

For additional information about XML, see:

• W3C XML specifications

• XML.com, a broad collection of XML resources and commentary

• Annotated XML Specification

• XML.org, hosted by OASIS as a resource to developers of purpose-built XML languages,

Examples

Many examples in this document use the Oracle Database sample database schemas or are otherwise provided with your software.

For information about how the sample schemas, see Oracle Database Sample Schemas.

Examples that are provided with the software can be found in these directories:

• $ORACLE_HOME/xdk/demo/java/

• $ORACLE_HOME/xdk/demo/c/

• $ORACLE_HOME/xdk/java/sample/

• $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/demo

Conventions

The text conventions that are used in this document are described.

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.